Telephone tie-wire.



PATENTED NOV. 3, 1903. G. E. M00EE, JR. TELEPHONE TIE WIEE. APPLIOATION FILED JULY 29,1902.

2x0 MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented November 3, 1903.

GEORGE F. MOORE, JR-.,

OF MOBILE, ALABAMA.

TELEPHONE TlE-WlRE.

Sj EO'lFlQ-X'MON formin part of Letters Patent No. 742,890, dated November 3,- 1903. Application filed July 29, 1902. Serial N0. 117,487. (No model.)

To 00% 20/1/0171, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE F. MOORE, Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Mobile, in the county of Mobile and State of Alabama, have invented a new and useful'lelephone Tie-Wire, of'which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to devices for securing the line-wires of telephone, telegraph, and other electric lines to the insulators, but which may also be employed for securing electric conductor wires of any form. The device is more particulary applicable for use in securing the line-wires in long-distance telephone-circuits, as it offers when applied very little resistance at the insulators, while at the same time the line-wire is tightly held against movement and slack in the wires prevented.

The invention consists in a wire tie formed to partially embrace the insulator and with its ends provided with a plurality of reverselycurved crimps or loops through which the line-wire is alternately threaded, and thereby supported in position.

The invention further consists in a tiewire formed with an intermediate seat to partially embrace the insulator with its terminal transversely-looped portions and with ends formed in hooks arranged in a plane perpendicular to that of the loops and through which the line-wire is alternately threaded and supported in position.

Other novel features of the invention will appear in the annexed description and be specifically pointed out in the claims. In the drawings illustrative of the invention, Figure 1 is a plan view of the device applied. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the improved tie-wire detached. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the tie-wire detached. Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 1, illustrating the application of the device supporting an angularly-disposed line-wire.

The device maybe applied to any of the various forms of insulators and is applicable to any of the various electric-conductor wires employed, but more particularly to long-distance telephone-wires and wires employed for similar purposes.

For the purpose of illustration the device is shown applied to an ordinary section of linewire 9, used for telegraphing or telephoning purposes, and applied to an ordinary standard insulator, (represented at 10.)

The invention consists in a tie-wire formed with a central portion ll, curved to engage one side of the insulator and with the ends bent into reversely-curved crimps or loops 12 in longitudinal alinement'with the central curved portion and with the endsof the wire bent into hooks or loops 13 14 at right angles to the loops 12.

In attaching the device to a line-wire running in a substantially straight line the two sets of the curved crimps or loops and the central curved portion will be in substantial alinement, and when applied to a line-wire turned at an angle from the insulator the central curved portion will be bent around into more than a semicircle to bring the looped ends nearer together, as illustrated in Fig. 1.

The tie-wire is provided with the described crimps or loops all arranged in a SllbS'fiftIlr tially horizontal plane, and the line-wire is passed into engagement with the alternate crimps, thereby forming in said line-wire a plurality of vertically-disposed crimps which interlock with the horizontal crimps of the tiewire, and the interlacing may be readily ac complished with the wire stretched taut by simply deflecting it to a sufficient extent and moving it in a circle when deflected to an ex tent sufficient to cause it to successively engage the loops, as illustrated by the dotted lines in Fig. 1. After being once engaged by the crimps or loops the line-wire cannot be detached except by reversing the movement, which motion would never take place while the line is in operation and which would never be released by any vibrations or concussions to which the lines would be subjected when in operation. The securing means will therefore retain the line-wire firmly connected to the insulator and will not be releasable therefrom unless subjected to a lateral movement sufficient to disengage the crimps or loops.

The device also holds the line-wires tight without any twists being formed in the linewire, as the reverse bends between the linewire and the loops form very rigid grips between the parts and prevent slipping and longitudinal movement. The bends which will be formed in the line-wires in the act of be-.

ing woven through the loops are very slight and do not deflect the line-wire materially from its straight course.

The device is applicable with equal efficiency where the insulators occur at the angles of the lines or where the lines are carried around corners or backward in substantial alinement with themselves, as under those circumstances it is only necessary to bend the central loop portion 11 around the insulator to an increased extent, as illustrated in Fig. 4. When thus bent at an angle, the line-wire will be woven through the crimps or loops in precisely the same manner as when the loops are in alinement longitudinally of the tie-wire, as in Fig. 1.

The tie-wires may be made of any size or of any suitable material and adapted to support any size of conductor-wire and employed for any of the various electrical purposes.

Any required number of the crimps or loops 12 may be employed. In holding the heavier gages of wire an increased number of the loops may be required, while in the smaller gages of wire a fewer number of the loops may be employed and arranged closer together.

The device is thus readily applicable without material change to all the various sizes of wires and adapted to be employed in connection with all the various lines of electric conductors.

The tie-wires are preferably covered with an insulating material of any ordinary or desired composition.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim is- 1. A tie-wire having an intermediate portion for engagement with a support, and terminal portions provided with a plurality of crimps disposed in the same horizontal plane for engagement with a line-wire to thereby form a series of vertically-disposed interlocking crimps in the line-wire.

2. A tie-wire having an intermediate seat portion for engagement with a support, the end portions of the wire being provided with a plurality of crimps all disposed in the same horizontal plane and serving to interlace with a line-wire to form corresponding interlocking vertical crimps in said line-wire, and the terminal portions of said tie-wire being bent to form hooks disposed at a right angle to the general plane of the tie-wire.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE F. MOORE, JR.

Witnesses:

DAISY JONES, GEO. F. MOORE. 

